No more Hibakusha!

Canada, 1983

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Hibakusha is the Japanese word for the survivors of the American bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This powerful and moving documentary focuses on a few of the eighty hibakusha who journeyed from Japan to New York in June, 1982, to take part in peace demonstrations held to coincide with the Second United Nations Special Session on Disarmament. They came to urge the nations of the world to prevent nuclear war. Instead of concentrating on the physical suffering of the victims, the film reveals the mental anguish of the hibakusha, who are still haunted by nightmares. Inspired by “Hibakusha”, a book of photographs by Ittetsu Morishita. (Awards: Tokyo, Leipzig)

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Credits

co-director

Audrey Schirmer

Martin Duckworth

producer

Jacques Vallee

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:55:00:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323747

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - Japan - Tokyo - Awards

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Japan

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Atomic bomb

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Atomic bomb victims

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Hiroshima (Japan) - Bombardment, 1945

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Nagasaki-Shi (Japan) - Bombardment, 1945

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Nuclear disarmament

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Nuclear warfare - Social aspects

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Nuclear weapons

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Peace movements

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Canada

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Nuclear disarmament

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Nuclear warfare - Social aspects

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Peace

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Peace movements

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → United States - Foreign relations - Japan

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

History → Atomic bomb victims

History → Hiroshima (Japan) - Bombardment, 1945

History → History

History → Japan - History - 1945-

History → Nagasaki-Shi (Japan) - Bombardment, 1945

History → Peace movements

Places → Japan

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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